It's OK to vent once in a while or share your feelings, but when it comes to the Internet people go a little too far.  Some don't realize that once you post something to the Internet it is there forever. 

Take the video I watched earlier that was made by a woman who is angry about her husband wanting a divorce.  She went on and on about how shes mad that he wont give her the money she was promised and that they had no sex during their relationship even though she found condoms and viagra.  Who cares!  Nobody needs to know about your life.  Not only is it tacky, but she basically rewed herself with the stupid video because she admitted to never having sex and thus never consumating their marriage.  Who's the dope now?

I also think it is tacky to post your mood and feelings every damn day on sites like MySpace or Facebook.  One day you are happy... The next day you are sad.  What?  Do you want all of the people on your friends list to feel bad for you and leave comments saying how they want to know why you are feeling that way?  Get a damn life.  People have no concern for privacy at all these days.

I just stumbled across this site.  I dont know if it is real or not yet.  I will investigate more and post my findings...

Male Pregnancy

What the hell was this idiot thinking?  Did he think that the kid would dry off faster in the dryer?  How many minutes was the damn kid in there and wouldn't the tumbling action cause bruises all over and make the kid cry even more?  He deserves whatever sentence he gets.

So you wake up a little late on Monday from having a pretty eventful weekend.  You take a shower, get dressed and head out the door.  Somewhere along the way you always seem to run into that one idiot on the road that is in a hurry to get nowhere.  The guy that cuts you off to get in your lane only to have to stop 2 seconds later.  Of you get that one idiot who is on a "I am going to be nice to everyone today" trip and has one of those "Make Peace Not War" bumper stickers.  What the idiot should have instead is a bumper sticker that says "I Brake For EVERYTHING"...

Now, I like to think that I am a nice guy, but the one thing that really pisses me off is the idiot that has no common courtesy.  Or the idiot that you wave on to let them go and all they do is speed off and look at you like YOU were the inconvenience. 

So now, when I drive, I do a bit of profiling...  I check the vehicle for any evidence that the driver may or may not fall into the "let them all go" category.  When I get behind the guy with a sticker that says "Keep Honking I'm Reloading" or "Speed Kills So Get Out of My Way" I know I have a winner.  The only thing stopping us now are the lights and we have no sympathy for the dope thats late for work because they stopped off and Dunkin Donuts or Burger King.  Even a Rellow light won't stop us.

Why is it that every fast food restaurant insists on putting their own "special sauce" on all their sandwiches?  I HATE THE SPECIAL SAUCE.  Yet, when I ask them kindly to not put any one there I still get it anyways.  So now I have to go back up to the counter and push everyone to the side so i can tell them that they made my sandwich wrong.  I am sorry, but all I want on my burger is some cheese and possibly some ketchup.  That's it...

And another thing...  How come when someone asks for extra anything they charge you, but when you tell them not to put any on they don't deduct??  It's an extra 25 cents for more sour cream at taco bell, but when I ask for no sour cream on my burritos and no nasty sauce I still get charged the same price...

It's a Special Sauce Conspiracy...  Watch out!

How many people do you know that have the stupidest and most annoying ringtones?  Not only are they annoying, but the person also believes that the ring volume should be on full blast as well.  Nobody standing in line at the store wants to hear your ringtone from 5 aisles over.  What's even more stupid is that the song you do have on there is like the theme song to Ninja Turtles or Super Mario Brothers.  Those were cool back in the 80's but we are not in that era anymore.  If you insist on having the gayest ringtone available please do everyone a favor and turn it down about 5 notches.

OK, first off we'll get this out of the way.  YES.  I am stupid.  I drove to NYC.  Now, with that said, we can get on with the post.

Do cars in New York come equipped with special horns?  The second a light turned green down there i would hear a loud obnoxious beep behind me.  Occasionally it sounded like a barge was rolling up on my ass or something.  I look in my rear view expecting to see a Mack Truck or a Semi and all thats back there is a yellow cab.  Seriously...  My car horn is a little bit wimpy compared to the ones down there.  So now I am driving around and trying to get moving almost before the light turns so i wouldnt piss off any drivers or hit any pedestrians when i realized something...  These people were just beeping to beep.  They weren't beeping at me.  They weren't beeping at the light (which would make no sense anyways)...  No.  They were just tapping the horn because it was there.  After i found this out I thought it was cool.  So, in true New Yorker fashion I began to beep at everything randomly.  If a leaf blew across the road.. I beeped.  If i was the first person in line when the light turned green.. I beeped.  I think that if they do a Pimp My Ride: NYC Edition they should take someone's car and equip it with passenger horn controls.  This way your friends in the back seat can join in on the fun.

So if you ever find yourself driving around in New York City one of these days be sure to beep at something.  It's fun!!

Why does every food restaurant out there insist on putting some kind of sauce on all of their food offerings?  Whether it's mayonaise, mustard or some special concoction the chef thought up I don't want it on my food.  Special sauces are actually more of a pain for these restaurants and also causes them to lose money in the long run.  Here's why:

1. When you walk up to place your order and have to explain to the person behind the counter how you want your sauce it takes time which makes everyone behind you wait longer to place their order and some people even walk out due to the long slow moving lines which, in turn, makes the restaurant lose money.

2. When you actually place your order (and this always happens in the drive thru) you get your food and its wrong.  Now you have to go back up the the counter (which also makes the line move slower) and tell them that they made it wrong so they can remake it.  The old sandwich gets tossed in the trash and now the restaurant has just lost money for no reason.

The only restaurant that I know of which realizes this problem is Roy Rogers...  You just walk up to the counter, order what you want (or in some cases actually grab it yourself) and head on over the the "Fixin's Bar" to top off your sandwich the way you please.  How excellent.  No more dopes in the back getting it wrong.  If you make a sandwich you dont like then its your fault.

Call them what you will... Ramens, Romans, Oodles of Noodles, Instant Lunch...  but Ramen Noodles are the shizznat.  These packages of noodles are probably the cheapest damn thing you can eat for a meal without stealing it.  The plastic wrapper is probably where most of the cost comes from when they manufacture them.  lol.  Occasionally, I will get the craving for some of these delicious noodles so I just walk into my basement where I have a room resembling a small convenience store that is always stocked with some Ramen Noodles and grab a few packs.  Pour some water into a pan.  Give the Ramen packages a few karate chops to break up the noodles nicely for eating with a spoon and about 5 minutes later I am eating away.

The big question now is... did you know that they come in 15 flavors???  I was under the impression that they only came in 4 flavors (chicken, beef, shrimp and oriental), but a visit to their website proved otherwise.  So now I am on a mission to find the Ramens that I have not tried yet.  I am thinking that it will be a hard one since all my life I have only seen the four flavors I mentioned earlier.  This will take some research and a lot of dippin in and out of corner stores downtown I think.  I will keep this site updated to the progress of my findings.  If anyone knows where to find the other 11 missing flavors in the CT area please email me at iknowwheretogetthemissingramens@rickpinney.com.

UPDATE:  I have made a chart that will be used to track my progress in finding all the available flavors.  View Chart

Related Links:
Nissin Foods - Top Ramen Website
KoaMart - Ramen Noodles
Ramen Recipes Google Group

So you claim you have no money all the time, yet you have two dogs and five cats with a two pack a day smoking habit.  On top of all that, you have a 30-pack in the fridge at all times next to your box of wine.  Why in the hell do you have two dogs and five cats?  If you can't afford to buy yourself food then how in the hell are you going to afford to buy them food?  Do you eat less just so they can eat?  Do your kids have to suffer on their birthdays or on holidays because Fido needs to go get an operation?  That is just plain pathetic.  If I was a social worker and I walked into a house full of pets to see that the kids were eating cereal for lunch and then Ramen Noodles for dinner, yet the cats were eating Purina, I would flip out.  You also sit there and complain non-stop about the price of gas being over $3 per gallon, but your Marlboro cigarettes are approaching $6 per pack and you don't hear a word about that.

It is my opinion that if someone has no money all the time due to the fact that they have bad habits (drinking, smoking, drugs, etc.) and unnecessary objects such as pets and all the latest video games you should sit back and rethink what you are complaining about.  We all like to spoil ourselves once in a while, but if that means your family has to suffer because of it you are just plain selfish and deserve no sympathy from anyone.  Put down the cigarette and go spend the $50/week you would spend on that and buy your kid something.  Get rid of the animals and stop eating Ramen Noodles or going to the store to fill up on free samples.  Have some responsibility in your life for once and stop being so pathetic.